Keke Lindgard (L) with Jessica Clarke (R)
Keke Lindgard (L) with Jessica Clarke (R)
Keke is back on the scene folks and look out, she's coming in with an editorial for NUMERO shot by Greg Kadel. And Jessica -- the Kiwi Kutie as I like to nickname her -- as New Zealand's first model to grace the Victoria's Secret Catwalk is back too. Gearing up for a fun FW13 season!
Jessica looking great after the Giorgio Armani show in Milan. Jessica also had 3 different looks in the Mulberry FW2011 show, making me wonder if Mulberry will use her for off runway gigs too.
Walking Calvin Klein for a model spells value for her career in many ways, two of which are:
1. Highly Efficient Go See--Gets the attention of influentials in minimal time. A runway show is like a super efficient "Go See", where the model goes to see not just one possible client--one at a time, but hundreds. And in the case of Calvin Klein, those people mark the creme de la creme of the fashion world.
2. High face recognition--the girls faces aren't disguised behind a mirage of makeup, hair accessories, or masks. This improves her chances of facial recall for future castings.
Jessica walked 2 looks in her exclusive for Calvin Klein, past exclusives have included Natalia Vodianova, Karlie Kloss, and Lara Stone.
On a lighter note, I tawt I taw Jessica wearing a Tweety Bird shirt :)
Arizona Muse (Next, NY) exiting Balenciaga in Paris
Arizona Muse was arguably the new phenomena to watch this last show season. She captured the hearts of a wide set of Casting Directors from London's Russell Marsh to New York's James Scully. She's from New Mexico in case you are wondering and her show credits include opening and closing both Prada and Miu Miu, opening Chloé and closing YSL. I'm sure the Faith Kates team at Next NY will generate some amazing off season action for this new wonder.
Bo Don (Marilyn, NY) exiting Roberto Cavalli in Milan
Dutch wonder Bo Don first debuted on the runways at the Fall/Winter 2010 PARIS shows, but this Spring/Summer 2018 season marked her first full circuit of shows. Her appearence in Balenciaga marked two consecutive seasons in the show and her walks in the most directional shows like Cavalli, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs and Chanel point to what is surely going to be a colorful career to manage for the team over at Marilyn.
Britt Maren (Women, NY) exits Isabel Marant in Paris
Can you say "Hej Britt!" That's Swedish for you guys out there who want to show love by speaking in Britt's homeland language. I'm sure she'll get lots more love from the Women Model NY team lead by agency head Louie Chaban (the genius behind Agyness Deyn). With appearances in the most directional shows cast by a wide set of influential casting directors this season from opening Alexander Wang (Anita Bitton) to Balmain, Lanvin, Marc Jacobs (Michelle Lee) and Donna Karen (John Pfeiffer), I'm sure the editors at the worlds leading magazines will be taking note of her as well....perhaps Steven Meisel soon too?
Bambi Northwood-Blyth (Elite, NY) exits Balenciaga in Paris
Do you come from the land down under? Bambi does and somehow I think her booking value will be up and over the top in the off season. She's got a famous boyfriend (Ksubi co-founder Dan Single), plays in the social scene (maximizes her exposure), caught the eye of Casting Director Ashley Brokaw when she walked Balenciaga, channeled some Lagerfeld Love at Chanel, and apparently is a favorite of LOVE Editor-In-Chief Katie Grand enough to exclusively walk shows Katie styled in London.
Jessica Clarke (DNA, NY) exits Elie Saab
New Zealand hits the radar! Jessica debuted by walking a Calvin Klein exclusive. Scoring a Calvin Klein exclusive is like winning a New York Fashion Week MVP award. Past Calvin Klein runway exclusives have included Karlie Kloss (SS08), Natalia Vodianova (SS07), and Lara Stone (SS07). Jessica walked a tiny selection of other shows this season too, cherry picked from the best London, Milan, and Paris had to offer.
You know I was backstage at the Victoria's Secret show recently and had Jessica sign her signature on a sheet for a client. It was cute in that she dotted the lower case 'i' in Jessica with a heart.
Maybe that's what I want??? (Constance Jablonski)
Are you open to creative suprises? (Maryna Linchuk)
Wink at 2012, life is FUN! (Jacquelyn Jablonski)
Are you going to cover things up from yourself to avoid facing reality? (Jessica Clarke)
Are you going to keep secrets from yourself? (Joan Smalls)
Are you brave enough to be silly? (Behati Prinsloo)
Are 2012's challenges going to make you implode and lose sight of who you reallyare? (Adriana Lima)
Will 2012 bring surprises that make you pensive about being yourself (Anja Rubik)
Will you smile, being comfortable in your own skin? (Miranda Kerr)
Will you learn to "heart" yourself so you can learn to "heart" others? (Liu Wen with Anais Mali)
Happy 2012! The world's got loads of changes awaiting this year: a new U.S. presidential term, the Mayan Calendar officially ends (omg, omg I'm sooo afraid), and Facebook will finally go public.
Yet, despite any major external events, our happiness is always internally 100% our choice. It's not your boyfriend's job to make you happy. It's not your girlfriend's job to make you feel good about yourself. It's your job to choose happiness for yourself. My challenge to you guys is to let go of trying to control what others think of you in order to make space for you to be who you really are.
*all photos courtesy of backstage access to the November 2011 Victoria's Secret show
exiting the SS17 Dolce & Gabbana show at Milan Fashion Week.